Infant&#39;s chair



P. L. BARKER INFANTS CHAIR Sept. 11, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Nov. 15, 1946 INVENTOR. Fau/ L. Barker Y ATTORNEY! Sept. 11, 1951 P. L. BARKER 2,557,418

INFANTS CHAIR Filed Nov. 15, 1946 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR. Paul L. fiarker AT ORNEYS Patented Sept. 11, 1951 umrso stares ea'rglvr QFFl-QE INF-ANTS origin Paul L. Barker, Detroit, Mich., assignor to NationaLProduction Company, Detroit, Mich., a corporation of lvfichigan Application. November 15, 1946, Serial No. 709,903

4 Claims.

This invention relates to an infants chair and more particularly'to achair having spring legs which-will teeter or spring-up and ,down when occupied by the infant."

It is an object of this invention to produce an infants chair of this type which is of simple structure, durable and easily-assembled:and-disassembled.

In .the drawings forward edge and a transverse hem 23 along the rear edge and aback portion 24 having an envelope portion 25 which slips over the back seat frame portion I2. The seat cover is preferably made of a woven material such as canvas and tray portion 2I and back portion 24 are sewed to seat portion I9.

Theassemblyof my infants chair is as follows: Cover I1 is laid fiat upon a table, the front end IQ of seat frame 8 is inserted into and through hem Fig. 1 is.a perspectiveshowing my chair as- I9 beginning at 30, Fig. 4, and continuing on sembled. through hem 22 of tray 2I' beginning at 3| and Fig.2 isa perspective of the seat portion of the ending at 32. Front end 9 of seat frame 8 is now chair. inserted in hem at 34 and continued on Fig.3 is aperspectiveof the seat frame. through this hem. Ends!) and II! of the seat Fig. 4.-is.a plan view of the seatcover; 15 frame are nowjoined by inserting end 9 into Fig. 5 is a perspective showing the assembly of socket I6. The back I'I-of the cloth seat cover is the seat frame. now assembled in place by drawing the envelop Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the seat being asportion over and down upon the back portion sembled to the chair frame. 52. Rod I3 is now passed through hem 23 of the Fig. 7 is a section along the line 1-1 of Fig. 6. 20 toy tray and hooked over each side of the seat Fig. 8 is a vertical section through the seat frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and indicated in frame with the seat cover assembled thereto. Fig. 5. Wire I5 is similarly attached or hooked Referring more particularly to the drawings it over each side of frame portion I I. The complete will be seen that my chair comprises two upseat and toy tray is now ready for attachment to standing legs or springs I of S configuration made the springs on the base, as shown in Fig. 6. of spring steel, a sheet metal foot rest 2 welded The seat frame is held in the position indicated to the lower rungs 3 of legs I. Each upper run 4 by the dotted lines of Fig. 6 and while so held the of each spring leg I has secured thereto a front frame 8 is passed down into the two front U U spring bracket 5 and a rear U spring bracket 6 brackets 5 so that they snap into position, as inby any suitable means, such as rivets I. Brackets {in dicated in Fig. '7. The back of the seat frame is 5 will be positioned opposite to each other and the now raised to upright position, that is, from the same is true of brackets 6. dotted line to the full line position Fig. 6, and the The seat comprises a frame 8 made of a single steel frame is now pressed downwardly and rod or wire having an end 9 and a tubular end In snapped into the two rear U brackets 6. This forming a socket for end 9. Tube II! can have a completes the assembly and the infants chair is press fit on the end of wire 8 or be welded therenow ready for use. Rods l3 and I5 must alto. Seat frame 8 comprises a horizontal U porways be to the rear of U brackets 5, as shown in tion II and a vertical U portion I2 approximately Fig. 6. The elbow bend between seat frame perpendicular to portion II. It will be noted that sections II and I2 should be even with the top the bight portions 4| and 42, respectively of frame 40 rear end of springs I. portions I2 and II, are positioned remote from To remove the cloth cover the steel seat frame each other and the legs of the frame portions II 8 is removed only from the rear two U brackets and I2 are joined together at elbows 40. Prefer- 6, Fig. 6, and the seat frame tipped backwards ably separable connection 9 and Ii] is located in and downwardly to the dotted line position, Fig. 6, bight portion 42 of frame II but if desired could 45 until the seat frame snaps out of front U clips be located elsewhere in frame 8. Arod l3 having 5 and frees the seat frame from the clips. By a return bent portion I4 in the form of a hook at tilting the seat frame downwardly, as indicated each end is provided for holding ends 9 and II) inin Fig. 6, the seat frame will automatically tilt terengaged. A rod l5, similar to rod I3 but made or snap out of front clips 5. This frees seat from lighter wire stock, carries a plurality of frame 8 from support frame I and permits rods beads l6. I4 and I 5 to be disconnected from the frame Seat canvas I'I comprises a seat portion 18 havwhereupon end 9 can be pulled out of socket I0 ing hems I9 and 20 at each side, a tray portion 2| and the canvas slip cover removed from frame 8. having an arcuate upstanding hem 22 along the 1 1 m 1. In an infant's chair the combination of a closed wire frame comprising a horizontal U portion and a vertical U portion joined together at the ends of the legs and having their bight portions remotely positioned, said frame having at least one separable joint in the bight portion of one of said U portions which can be separated to facilitate assembly of a hemmed seat frame cover thereon, means extending transversely of and releasably connecting the legs of said last men-. tioned u portion for releasably retaining said separable joint in locked condition, a hemmed seat cover threaded over said frame, a support frame,and means connecting said wire frame with said support frame.

2. In an infants chair the combination of a closed wire frame comprising a horizontal U portion and a vertical U portion joined together'at the ends of the legs and having their bight portions remotely positioned, two supporting frame members for supporting said seat frame including U-shaped spring clip members carried by the supporting frame members for interengaging the horizontal U portion of said seat frame to removably secure said seat frame to said supporting frame.

' said U portions, a hooked rod extending transversely between and releasably interengaging the legs of said U frame portion to lock the separable joint together, and a pair of side frames connected with the legs of said horizontal U portion for supporting said wire frame in spaced relation to a floor surface.

4. In an infants chair the combination of a closed wire frame comprising a horizontal U portion and a vertical U portion joined together at the ends of the legs and having their bight portions remotely positioned, said frame having at least one separable joint in the bight of one of said U portions and a hooked rod extending transversely between and releasably interengaging the legs of said U frame portion to lock the separable joint together, a pair of side supporting frame members, a pair of U spring clips mounted at the front and rear of the upper edge of each supporting frame member, the horizontal U portion of said wire frame interengaging said U clips for mounting the wire frame on the supporting frame.

PAUL L. BARKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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